HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- An Owens Cross Roads man has been indicted on federal child pornography charges, the U.S. Attorney's Office in Birmingham announced this afternoon.

Donald R. Harris, 64, was indicted on one count of receiving child pornography over the Internet between March 2001 and March 2009 and with possessing child pornography in Madison County in March 2009.

U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance's office said the the maximum penalty for receiving child pornography is 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. The maximum penalty for possessing child pornography is 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

The Alabama Bureau of Investigation investigated the case and Assistant U.S. Attorney Mary Stuart Burrell is the prosecutor.